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Removal Of Deep Surgical Hardware

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 20680

This surgery removes hardware, such as a plate, screw, rod, pin, wire, or metal band, that was previously implanted deep within the body to help a broken or repaired bone heal. The hardware is removed once it's no longer needed, whether because the bone has healed, the hardware is causing irritation or pain, or for another medical reason. Because the hardware sits deep in the tissue rather than near the surface, its removal is a more involved procedure than removing hardware placed just under the skin.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Removal Of Deep Surgical Hardware cost?

$631

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $631 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $437 to $1,202.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,090 · 10th to 90th $646 to $6,457Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $145 to $933
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $3,090professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,456.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$645.65
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$1,479.11
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,412.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$26,302.68
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,548.82

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 2.7 times more in Wyoming than in South Carolina. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC· 42nd of 51

$631

WY $1,585SC $589

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.